Viewing learning analytics and metrics for an assignment

Edfinity supports educators with powerful learning analytics and metrics to help deliver better learning outcomes for students.

These metrics help identify at-risk and struggling students, as well as the topics/skills that students are having difficult with. Edfinity analytics enable timely intervention by answering key questions such as the following: 

1. Key Question 1: How may I identify students who are struggling or falling behind?

   • You may sort students by different metrics on assignments (e.g. % attempted, % credit earned, time spent).

   • You may view activity measures to identify students with low (or no) activity who might be falling behind.

   • You may further analyze specific students by inspecting an individual student’s work to see time spent, attempt/submission history on specific questions.

   • If adaptive learning is enabled, you may view performance on adaptive learning prerequisite skills to see 1) which prerequisite skills they struggled with and 2) whether they were successfully remediated or not, to determine outstanding gaps in conceptual understanding.

2. Key Question 2: How may I identify the problems or topics that are challenging for my class?

   • You may sort problems by difficulty (as measured by % of students that got it correct) to see which ones were challenging for your students. 

   • You may also view the distribution of incorrect answers to a particular question to see the mistakes students are frequently making, which will point to topic(s) or learning objective(s) which may need more practice or revision.

   • If adaptive learning is enabled, you may view performance on adaptive learning prerequisite skills across the class to identify prerequisite skills that are challenging - this may again point to learning gaps in your student audience. (Note: this will be available in Spring 2023).

3. Key Question 3: How is a particular student trending over time in the class?

   • The gradebook allows for some longitudinal analysis of individual students trajectories over the course in terms of their grades/scores.

To analyze student performance in an assignment, go to your assignment and select the Insights tab. You can access the following metrics-based reports: Summary, Scores, Problems, and Answers.

Here is a short video illustrating these reports.

Insights Reports

Summary Report

To access the Summary report, go to the assignment and select the Insights > Summary tab. This report shows three key metrics for student performance in an assignment.

Score Distribution Report

To access the Score Distribution report, go to the assignment and select the Insights > Score distribution tab. This report shows the distribution of the number of students that scored each distinct score. The report also shows the student mean, median, mode, and standard deviation.

Problem Metrics Report

To access the Problem Metrics report, go to the assignment and select the Insights > Problem metrics tab. This report shows key metrics such as Avg. Number of Attempts for each problem in the assignment. You can click on a bar in the report to drill into more detail on student performance for a specific problem.

Student Answers Report

To access the Student Answers report, go to the assignment and select the Insights > Student answers tab. This report shows student answers for each question in the assignment.

Adaptive Learning Report

To access the Adaptive Learning report, go to the assignment and select the Insights > Adaptive learning tab. This report shows summary-level information on assignment mastery after reviewing prerequisite skills. It is only available if you have Adaptive Learning enabled in your course.